overpaid

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If she doesn’t, she could later receive bills accusing her of having been overpaid by Social Security.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

In 2019, Buffett said he had overpaid to help form Kraft Heinz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Each year tens of thousands of NHS staff are overpaid - and in the period of time we have data for, that figure has remained roughly the same.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Refunds aren’t a full window into a household’s tax burden; they’re the amount of overpaid taxes.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Not that he is their superior, but that he seems to me to have fallen short of his due as much as they, in various ways, have been overpaid, in praise, confidence, and fame.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron